title: Giant cavernous hemangiolymphangioma of the bladder without cutaneous hemangiomatosis causing massive hematuria in a child.
abstract: We report the first case of cavernous hemangiolymphangioma of the urinary bladder without cutaneous hemangiomatosis. A 5-year-old boy was admitted for investigation of a 2-month episode of gross hematuria accompanied by lower abdominal pain. Radiological investigations revealed a solid enhancing mass at the dome of the bladder with associated low-flow lesion in the posterolateral wall of the bladder. Physical examination did not show any cutaneous vascular malformations. A differential diagnosis of hemangioma or rhabdomyosarcoma bladder was made, but fine-needle aspiration cytology did not reveal any malignant cells. At surgery, a red, wide-based, nodular tumor was found on the dome of the bladder and extending to the base and lateral walls. Partial cystectomy and excision of the cystic lymphangioma was performed. Histological examination of the resected specimen showed it to be a cavernous hemangiolymphangioma. The postoperative course was uneventful and no recurrence was seen after 8 months.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. akshay_pratap2000@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pratap
authors.forename: Awadhesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Sagar Raj
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Bikash
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Gunraj
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paudel
authors.forename: Shailesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adhikary
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar